3:) The Q1 has a firm screen, The best way to protect it is to make sure your stylus isn’t dirty. As a mobile device the Q1 reminds me of The Casseopia E-125 PPC. That screen is tough!

1.)The Q1 closed in the organizer with the keyboard is 2.25 inches thick at the thickest point which is where the magnetic closure is. Everywhere else it’s 2 inches thick.

2.)The Q1 organizer case is primarily designed for flat surfaces. You could use it in your lap but you’d need something to lean it on. As an example in my colleges admin section I had to wait outside an office in a straight-backed chair. I used my coat as a brace to lean the Q1 in the organizer on for a good viewing angle.

HTH

I admire you people who are able to do this. I presently have 5 machines that I use on a regular basis. My goal is to get it down to 3 devices but I’ve had no luck so far.

I have 1 PC in my lounge as a media centre.

I have a desktop PC for video, images, wife usage and downloading all the good tv series that we don’t get here (that’s most of them).

I then have 3 mobile devices that each have a particular piece of hardware that makes doing certain things easier. I’m waiting eagerly for some reviews of the new OQO 2 because in theory this has everything I need in the one device (except a screen that opens out!). Here’s hoping!

Hey K.C.T

Looks like we really started something! The UMPC-as-only-device crew. I love the thread on the forum too, great idea.

Binky the Q1 has been my primary PC since May 06. Why would you to carry anything heavier?

Mark

Hey, I’m Q1 as my everyday computer guy too (except I do have that MacBook…) I even do QuickBooks and tax returns on my Q1! I hook it up to a 19″ LCD is that cheating?

I used a Sony U70 as my only PC for over a year. It is much easier to do with a slate Tablet PC than you think.

I’m extremely intrigued by this, even if I would never give up my desktop and lose power/expandability.

But I do have a few questions:
1) How thick is the Q1 in the organizer with a keyboard?
2) Can you use the Q1 in the organizer like a laptop? … I mean by typing on your lap and comfortably seeing the display?
3) How do you protect it when it’s a slate? Shouldn’t it have a plastic flip cover like the old Sony Clies used to have?

Also, did I hear wrong, or did Hugo start out the intro talking about how he didn’t keep using the UMPC as his primary, and he would explain more in a later post? Maybe I misheard…

Hey, there’s more of us than I thought, which is GREAT! Keep the comments rolling and if you have time, hit the Origami Project forum as well. I just posed the question “Do you use a UMPC as your primary computer?” at http://origamiproject.com/forums/thread/15513.aspx

I switched last month to using a Motion LS800 as my primary computer, but it has a dock with a 22 inch monitor, mouse, keyboard, Webcam, CD/DVD drive and so forth so I am not making compromises.

It is great to have a tiny tablet while mobile, but there are times I want to enter a lot of text or have two large documents open side by side on the monitor, and do so without switching back and forth between two different computers.

To me it seems like a docked small Tablet gives you the best of both worlds. Motion CEO Scott Eckert uses an LS800 as his primary computer. Is that true of the leadership of any of the UMPC companies?

:)

guess what?

I just adopted a brand new ASUS R2H as a primary and only computer.

Would be a great oidea to form a group (for real)

:)

JayZ

[clears throat] Unless you are excluding the softer sex from this club, you’ve only increased it by 50%.